I'm planning on doing an oil change soon on my MCS and would like to know if anyone knows of a auto supply store (ie Autozone, Pep Boys, or Kragen) that carries the German Castrol motor oil? I live in the Pasadena area but am willing to do a little driving to get the stuff.
TIA

 

That might be hard and time consuming but you will have to look for the Castrol 0w-30 bottle that says made in Germany and has the BMW Specs behind it.

Or you can come to us and purchase ELF Solaris LSX 5w-30 which is BMW LL-04 and ACEA C3 approved! It's $6.00 a liter.

 

Mobil 1 0w-30 also meets BMW LL specs, and you can buy that anywhere

 

Grassroots Garage,
I like the way you provided the information in your post about Mobil 1 oil. Thanks for being cool.
Billie

 

I just checked on the Mobil 1 website and didn't see any BMW LL specs for the 0w-30. Now for the 0w-40 the BMW LL-01 spec is listed.

 

Why the German CastrolOil??

 

German Castrol has the BMW approved specs of LL-01 and is made in Europe. However, I think the only weight it comes in is 0w-30.